Mezrich, Ben
Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich: the book Elon Musk doesn't want you to read. Breaking Twitter takes readers inside the darkly comic battle between one of the most intriguing, polarizing, influential men of our time--Elon Musk--and the company that represents our culture's dearest hope for a shared global conversation. From employee accounts within Twitter headquarters to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.302 MezrichAriely, Dan.
Contents: How an injury led me to irrationality and to the research described here -- The truth about relativity: why everything is relative even when it shouldn't be -- The fallacy of supply and demand: why the price of pearls and everything else is up in the air -- The cost of Zero cost: why we often pay too much when we pay nothing -- The cost of social norms: why we are happy to do things but not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.01 ArielyAujla, Dev
Summary: "Based on the popular website of the same name, a guide to finding the right job while maintaining your sanity in the process In today's endlessly fluctuating job market, it's becoming more and more difficult to get hired. 50 Ways to Get a Job aims to fix that. Job search expert Dev Aujla created 50WaysToGetAJob.com as a way to offer practical, tangible steps to finding (and getting) the right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 AujlaSummary: Consumer Reports guides are valuable references for making smart buying decisions, staying healthy, and improving your home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Consumers Union of United States 1942
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Anderson, Michelle W.
Summary: Decades of cuts to local government amidst rising concentrations of poverty have wreaked havoc on communities left behind by the modern economy. Some of these discarded places are rural. Others are big cities, small cities, or historic suburbs. Some vote blue, others red. Some are the most diverse communities in America, while others are nearly all white, all Latino, or all Black. All are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.4 AndersonSteyer, Tom
Summary: The climate is changing more rapidly than scientists predicted even a few years ago, with extreme weather already touching our everyday lives. At the same time, the clean energy revolution is forging ahead faster than nearly anyone anticipated. As Tom Steyer sees it, these two trends together create a moment like the one America faced during World War II: on the one hand, an existential threat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2024
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Contents: Discount nation -- The founding fathers -- Winner take nothing -- The outlet gambit -- Markdown madness -- Death of a craftsman -- Discounting and its discontents -- Cheap eats -- The double-headed dragon -- The perfect price.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.149 ShellLachance, Julie (Julie Allison)
Summary: Learn how to read and speak English with this easy-to-use workbook. Dozens of manageable, bite-sized lessons take you through the basics of the English language. Three-page units cover each subject, which can be completed in just 20 minutes. Each lesson covers a single grammar concept and is supported by many clear examples. The book includes tons of exercises help you practice your new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill Education 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 PracticeLehto, Steve
Summary: "In the wake of World War II, the U.S. automobile industry was fully unprepared to meet the growing demands of the public, for whom they had not made any cars for years. In stepped Preston Tucker, a salesman extraordinaire who announced the building of a revolutionary new car: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up. Tucker's car, which would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MC 338.762 Lehto 2016Galloway, Scott
Summary: Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook are in an unprecedented race towards a $1 trillion valuation--and whoever gets there first will exert untold influence over our economy, public policy, and consumer behavior. How did these four become so successful? How high can they continue to rise? Does any other company stand a chance of competing? To these questions and more, acclaimed NYU / Stern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 GALL 2017Mlodinow, Leonard
Summary: "From the best-selling author of Subliminal and The Drunkard's Walk, a groundbreaking new look at the neuroscience of change--and how elastic thinking can help us thrive in a world changing faster than ever before. With rapid technological innovation leading the charge, today's world is transforming itself at an extraordinary and unprecedented pace. As jobs become more multifaceted, as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612 MLODIN 2018Newport, Cal
Summary: "The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1New York Timesbest-selling authors ofLean InandOriginals:a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 SandBrown, Brene
Summary: "The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.223 BrownNewport, Cal
Summary: "One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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Summary: "Sales handles: -A PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON APPROACH: Written by two practitioners with a combined banking experience of over 15 years, this text is intended to provide a practical, hands-on approach to investing. -INVESTMENT BANKING HAS A STRONG REPUTATION and has sold over 20,000 copies since its publication. -COMPLEMENTS THE LITTLE BOOK SERIES. Market description: Investors, individual and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 Pearl 2020Rosenthal, Elisabeth
Summary: "An award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to solve its myriad of problems. It is well documented that our healthcare system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.109 RosenSteinmetz, Greg
Summary: "This is a spry biography of Gilded Age financier Jay Gould, who pioneered the business model of the Wall Street shark"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GouldGelles, David
Summary: "In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world. But Welch's achievements didn't stem from some greater intelligence or business prowess. Rather, they were the result of a sustained effort to push GE's stock price...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 GellesPatterson, James
Summary: "Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sister named Baby. Baby brings in a client to the detective agency, a young man who claims he was abducted. During the course of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Mystery, Call number: MYSTERY PattersonMills, Stephanie
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SWANN 2018Kivirist, Lisa
Summary: Provides entrepreneurs with advice on all aspects of launching a home-based food business, covering product development and testing, marketing, structuring a business, managing regulations, and planning for the future. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 664.006 KivirLoftsgordon, Amy
Summary: Bad credit can prevent you from getting a mortgage, car loan, credit card, apartment, or even a job. It can also mean paying a bundle in rates and fees for any loans or credit you do get. Use this comprehensive how-to manual to rebuild bad credit and protect improved credit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 Loftsgordon 2018Shuman, Michael.
Contents: A living rate of return -- Zero-cost stimulus -- The hidden power of cooperatives -- Institutional lending -- Anti-poverty investing -- If I were a rich man -- Unaccredited investing in SEC-land -- Local exchanges -- Everybody into the pool! -- Investing in yourself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2012